Coupling for railway-rails.



No. 64|,494. Patented lan. I6, |900. H. w. EROSKI.

CUUPLING FUR RAILWAY RAILS. (Appucaeimi med sept. 1, 1899.) (No Model.)

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GOU PLINTG FOR RAILLWAY-RAILS;

srnclrrcA'rIoN forming pere of Letters Patent No. 641,494, dated Jennery16, 1966.

Application filed September 1, 1899. Serial No. 729,267. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY WEBER BRosKI, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bland, in the county of Bland and State of Virginia, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Couplings for Railway-Rails, of which the following is a full and complete speciication, suchas will enable those skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

This invention relates to means for coupling railway-rails; and theobject thereof is to provide improved devices of this class by means ofwhich the ends of railway-rails may be securely coupled and preventedfrom lateral and vertical movement.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure 1 is aplan view of the ends of two railway-rails coupled according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side view thereof; Fig. 3, a View similar to Fig.2, showing the ends of the rails with the coupling removed 5 Fig. 4, across-section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2,; Fig. 5, an inside view of thecoupling with the outer plate or part removed, and Fig. 6 a plan view ofa detail of the construction.-

In the drawings forming part of this specifcation the separate parts ofmy improvement are designated by the same numerals of reference in eachof the views, and in said drawings I have shown at 7 the ends of tworailway-rails, and in the practice of my invention I provide the end ofone of said rails with a central vertical rib or projection 8 and theend of the other with 'a corresponding central vertical recess 9,adapted to receive said rib or projection, and the end of one of saidrails is also provided with a transverse rib or projection 10, whichenters a corresponding transverse recess 11 in the other rail. Thisconstruction is clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and when the ends of therails are coupled together, as hereinafter described, they cannot movelaterally or vertically.

In coupling the rails according to my invention I provide a fish-plate12,(clearly shown in Figs. 1, 4, and 5,) and this plate is provided withstaples 13, which are rigidly secured therein in any desired manner andwhich are preferably arranged in pairs, as shown in Fig". 5, and whichpass through corresponding vertical slots or openings 14 in the centralweb 15 of the rails 7. The plate 12 is preferably placed on the insideof the rail, and on the' outer side thereof I place a Asupplementalplate 16, having a broad base-flange 17 and a central longitudinal space18 and provided with vertical or transverse slots or openings 19,similar to and adapted to register with the slots or vopenings 14, inthe webs 15 of the rails 7 When the plates 12 and 16 are placed inposition on the opposite sides of the rails the staples or loops 13 passthrough the central webs of the rails and through the slots or openings19 in the plate 16, and a Wedge shaped pin 20, provided at one end witha head 21 and at the other with a screw-threaded .eX- tension 22, ispassed through said loops or staples and through the longitudinal space18 in the plate 16, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, and a nut 23is screwed onto the threaded extension 22 of said wedge-shaped pin. Thepin 23 draws the wedge-shaped pin 2O tightly into the staples or loops19 and forces the plates 12 and 16 into close contact with the centralwebs 15 ofthe rails 7 and securely binds said rails together.

I also provide washers 23, which are composed of any suitable metal andwhich are preferably T-shaped in form, as shown in Fig.

5 and the body portions of which arev placed,

between the separate pairs of the staples or loops 13 and are supportedthereon by the cross-head 24 thereof,'and the object of these washers isto'make a tight coupling when the parts are worn by use. These Washersare, as will be understood, not essential to my invention, and may ormay not be employed. It will thus be seen that I provide a simple andeffective coupling for railway-rails and by means of which the end's oftherails are securely bound together and prevented from both lateral andvertical movement, and it will be apparent that changes in andmodifications of the construction described may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent IOO A coupling for the ends of railway-rails, and anut mounted thereon, and washers comprising vertical slots formed in theWebs which are placed between the Virst-nauned of the rails adjacent tothe ends thereof, plate and the webs of the rai1s,substa.ntially 15plates adapted to fit the sides of the Webs of as shown and described.

5 the rails, one of said plates being provided In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as with staples or loops which pass through the myinvention I have signed my name, in presslots in said webs, and theother plate with ence of the subscribing witnesses, this 18thcorresponding slots or openings, and in the day of August, 1899.

outer side thereof with a. longitudinal space HENRY WEBER EROSKI. 1o anda key-pin which is passed through said Witnesses:

staples or loops, and which is provided at its SIDNEY J. BANKS,

smaller end with a screw-threaded extension THOMAS J. MUNCY.

